Three Uranius Antoninus Tetradrachms

CNG 96, Lot: 657. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.15 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C between legs, ЄMIC[A] in exergue. Baldus pl I, 8; Prieur 1033 (citing 2). VF, toned, porous surfaces. Rare.